The Secret to Success

I'm was a runaway because I was kicked out of the house and abused. Most runaways are not runaways at all but abused kids whose parents can't wait to get rid of.

I got on a bus to Los Angeles and stepped off the bus in downtown L.A. with only $5 in my pocket and a violin. Want to hear my story? Well, today I'm a successful business owner and employ over a dozen people and earn over 200K per year. ALL on my own.

When I first stepped off the bus, I was scared beyond belief. I walked for miles and miles, not wanting to stop because I had nowhere to go and nothing to do. Eventually, I sold my violin at a pawn shop and got a hotel room. In the morning after sleeping, I had trouble moving my legs because I walked so much the two days before hand. I had to lift them up with my hands.

I walked and walked and walked some more and finally found a Mexican man who was sleeping in his car and let me sleep in the back seat. I stole food to eat and panhandled for what little I had. I was all alone with no one. No one cared about me and no one helped me except for a homeless man with nothing.

I wanted so much to just have a life, to take care of myself. I knew that what happened to me wasn't because of me but because of other people's sickness.

I panhandled up a few dollars and made a sign saying: "Work wanted. Strong, young honest young man will work for $5 per hour. Yardwork, moving, painting, anything. Please call and have me do your odd jobs around the house". I put in a pay phone that I knew would ring and stayed there all day waiting on calls. And you know what? I got lots of calls. I started working. I would walk to the people who called and did all sorts of work. Anything, it didn't matter.

Then I found a construction company guy who hired me full time. And then I found a man who ran a rooming house who hired me to paint the rooms in exchange for a room in the house! It was great!

I've never stopped working since and now own my own telemarketing company and have thousands of customers and hire people all the time. I have a Mercedes and a nice life and am saving for my retirement.

You want to know my secret to success? WORK! and then WORK some more. Don't let mentally ill abusers and sickos tell you what you are and how you should live or be. You create and control your destiny. Get off you ass and do it!

Let me tell you. That first meal I ate after working a job created by my signs was the best meal I've ever had and took me on the road to self realiance. You can do it too. Stop crying, stop feeling sorry for youself. Get off your ass and make things happen. You'll find that they just have to be pushed a little, moved a bit, and then they all come crashing down.

This is a true story.

Do you know what gives me a laugh everyday?

When people look down their nose at me as rich man and see me pulling up in a Mercedes and thousand dollar suit. Little do they know that just a few years ago I was picking through their garbage for food to eat.

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